The Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS features the SATA II interface supporting up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rates, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and hot-pluggable point-to-point connections for optimum performance, efficiency, convenience and WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise to virtually below the threshold of human hearing. To cut seek noise, SoftSeek technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms resulting in more efficient operation.
Highlights:
- Desktop PCs & Mac (reformatting required)
- Storing photos, videos & other files
- Adding massive capacity to complement your primary solid state drive (SSD)
- Desktop 3.5-inch Hard Drive
- SATA 6 Gb/s
Solid performance
With SATA and PATA interfaces, and cache sizes up to 32 MB, this series of drives offer a full range of performance features.
Ultra cool and quiet
Keeping the drive cool enhances reliability. WD continues to develop new and innovative ways to keep drives cool while they are operating which helps protect the drive and the data stored on it.
Capacity
We offer WD Caviar Blue drives with capacities from 80 GB to 1 TB because you can never have too much storage space
NoTouch ramp load technology
The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit. IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
ShockGuard
Instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and vibrations while it is running. This technology enables WD Caviar drives to achieve industry-leading shock specifications.
Specifications:
- Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
- Buffer Size: 8 MB
- Average Latency: 4.20 ms (nominal)
- Contact Start/Stop Cycles: 50,000 minimum
- Read Seek Time: 8.9 ms
- Write Seek Time: 10.9 ms (average)
- Track-To-Track Seek Time: 2.0 ms (average)
- Full Stroke Seek: 21.0 ms (average)
- Buffer To Host: (Serial ATA) 3 Gb/s (Max)
- Buffer To Disk: 972 Mbits/s (Max)
- Formatted Capacity: 320,072 MB
- Capacity: 320 GB
- Interface: SATA 3 Gb/s
- User Sectors Per Drive: 625,142,448
